February 9, 2025

TOPEKA — A statewide electronic health information exchange will go live on July 1. The new service offers simplified communications capabilities to health care providers who are involved in treating the same patient and collaborating to improve the patient’s care. Many health care providers and hospitals have signed on to participate in two electronic health information exchange services that have been approved to operate in Kansas. The two exchanges are the Kansas Health Information Network and the Lewis and Clark Information Exchange. Health care providers who diagnose and treat a patient can quickly and securely access the exchanges to electronically obtain medical history from other providers who may have treated that same patient. This access will allow health care providers to ensure that new prescriptions are compatible with other medications the patient may have obtained from other health care providers. This also avoids repeating tests. Instant access to medical information may also save a patient’s life.
Tuesday, May 29, 4 p.m.

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